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Reports of shooting at London Bridge, armed police deployed Police in London have confirmed that they are dealing with an incident on London Bridge amid reports of a shooting on the busy thoroughfare in the British capital. Police shouting for everyone to move away. Real panic setting in at London Bridge. Rumours of a shooting? pic.twitter.com/vBZoKu73za— Timothy Johnson (@timtj) November 29, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js At least seven police cars now on London Bridge pic.twitter.com/P5LzWekHLD— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) November 29, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js MORE TO FOLLOW Reports of shooting at London Bridge, armed police deployed Source: RT

European allies & Canada spending on defense ‘more than previously thought’ – NATO chief NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said European allies and Canada are spending even more on defense than had previously been thought. The statement comes days before US President Donald Trump is expected to repeat his demand that other allies boost their budgets, AP said. European allies and Canada are now projected to increase spending on their national military budgets by around $130 billion between 2016 and 2020, Stoltenberg said on Friday. Previously, the figure had been forecast at “more than $100 billion.” At the December 3-4 summit in London, Trump is expected to repeat his demands that Washington’s 28 allies at NATO starting spending at least two percent of their GDPs...

Leaders of Turkey, Germany, France & Britain to discuss Syria before NATO summit The leaders of Turkey, Britain, Germany and France will meet to discuss the situation in Syria before a NATO summit in London next week, the German government said on Friday. Chancellor Angela Merkel will get together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, British PM Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron after she arrives in the British capital on Tuesday, AP quoted German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer as saying. Ankara’s unilateral decision to intervene in northern Syria without warning its allies has been a source of tension in NATO. Turkish troops and Ankara-backed opposition fighters seized areas in northeastern Syria in a military offensive launched nearly two mo...

Iraqi PM Abdul Mahdi says he will resign after top Shiite Muslim cleric’s call for change Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Friday he would tender his resignation to parliament so lawmakers could choose a new government, Reuters reported, citing his office. Abdul Mahdi’s decision came in response to a call for a change of leadership on Friday by Iraq’s top Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the statement said. On October 31, Iraqi President Barham Salih said that PM Abdul Mahdi would only resign in response to mass protests if parliamentary blocs were to agree on his replacement to avoid a constitutional vacuum. The prime minister “had previously agreed to submit his resignation,” Salih said. Iraq’s protests are the most complex challenge to a Shiit...